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AES Hawaii Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$249k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2024
8
Organizations funded FY2023
88%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,530
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 8
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$2.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 88% of the organizations AES Hawaii Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving15$249k87%
FY20238$152k88%
FY20224$61kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Environment$123kEducation$114kFood & Nutrition$102kPhilanthropy$102kYouth Development$40kEmployment$25kHuman Services$10kScience & Tech$10kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 21 grantees
All grantees of AES Hawaii Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hawaii Agriculture Research Center$100,00013%
University of Hawaii Foundation$65,26320%
National Energy Education Development Project Inc$40,70010%
Kupu$25,00010%
Ho'Okako'O Corporation$25,00011%
Searider Productions Foundation$25,00014%
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement$15,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui Inc$15,00010%
Maui United Way$15,00011%
Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative Inc$15,00013%
The Trust for Public Land$12,00030%
Living Pono Project$10,40011%
Kakoo Oiwi$10,00010%
Kauai Community Science Center$10,000114%
Climbhi$5,53010%
Project Reach Inc$5,0001n/a
Garden Island Resource Conservation and Development Inc$5,00011%
Waianae Coast Community Foundation$2,8801n/a
Kalaeloa Heritage and Legacy Foundation$2,5001n/a
Maui Huliau Foundation$2,50011%
Lincoln Wreckers Athletic Club$1,5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($54k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget AES Hawaii Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHawaii Agriculture Research Center: $100,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetUniversity of Hawaii Foundation: $65,263 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Energy Education Development Project Inc: $40,700 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKupu: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHo'Okako'O Corporation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSearider Productions Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCouncil for Native Hawaiian Advancement: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Maui Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMaui United Way: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWaikoloa Dry Forest Initiative Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Pono Project: $10,400 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKakoo Oiwi: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKauai Community Science Center: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetClimbhi: $5,530 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGarden Island Resource Conservation and Development Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMaui Huliau Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 17.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha SchoolsHI17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · Stupski Foundation · Atherton Family Foundation · Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · Aloha United Way Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About AES Hawaii Foundation

How much does AES Hawaii Foundation give?
AES Hawaii Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $248,836 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does AES Hawaii Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (23%), Education (21%), Food & Nutrition (19%).
Who are AES Hawaii Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Hawaii Agriculture Research Center ($100k), University of Hawaii Foundation ($65k), National Energy Education Development Project Inc ($41k).
Does AES Hawaii Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does AES Hawaii Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as AES Hawaii Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools, Stupski Foundation, Atherton Family Foundation.
Where is AES Hawaii Foundation based?
AES Hawaii Foundation is based in HI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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